Looks uncannily similar to an "Eddie Merckx" that I donated recently. Mine was a bike boom bike made by Falcon in the UK with a foil head badge with Eddie's face on it and a foil down tube Merckx label. Otherwise it looked about identical to that one. Weighed a ton, literally.

Looks uncannily similar to an "Eddie Merckx" that I donated recently. Mine was a bike boom bike made by Falcon in the UK with a foil head badge with Eddie's face on it and a foil down tube Merckx label. Otherwise it looked about identical to that one. Weighed a ton, literally.

From what I can research, it most likely has Reynolds 531 tubing rebranded as Luxtube, might keep the weight down to under 28 lbs if those are the alloy rims I think they are.

Yes, so did the Falcon "Merckx", but it was one heavy clunky mofo. Had just about every detail of the one you found, Simplex components, same stem and bars, same Brooks saddle but it had clamp on down tube shifters. I did some research and decided it was a project for someone else to tackle.

Louison Bobet, jeez, I cant believe it, this guy gave my father an autograph once, had to be in the 70's, he was retired already, I remember my dad talking to him in a Hospital corridor, then he grabbed an envelope my father gave him and signed it, Louison Bobet whoah, did not come a cross that name in Years! ( That was in Starsbourg,France)